Is Renology Home free?
Yes. It is free to download and free to use. There is no subscription, no in-app purchase and no card to enter.
From the editors of The Renology
Renology Home
Know what it costs, see how it looks, check the bid.
Renology Home is a free iPhone and iPad app from The Renology, the home renovation magazine, that prices a remodel for your city, redesigns a room from a photo and checks a contractor's quote. It is built on the same cost data the magazine publishes, and it gives you a range for your own project before you talk to anyone.
- Price
- Free
- Works on
- iPhone and iPad
- Needs
- iOS 16.4 or later
- Store
- US App Store
No account. No card. No calls.
You can use it without signing up, and it costs nothing. It does not match you with contractors, it never asks for your phone number, and nothing you upload is passed to a contractor. You get the numbers and you decide what to do with them.
01
Price your project
What the work costs where you live
Pick the room, say how far you are taking it, how big it is and what level of finish you want. The range closes as you answer. A refresh and a full gut are different jobs, and the app never prices them as if they were the same.
- 64 cities in California and Washington priced from local remodel costs
- Everywhere else in the US, a national range adjusted for your area
- Budget tools for the reserve, the real cost of a quote and a fair deposit
02
Redesign your room
Your room, redesigned from one photo
Take a photo of the room as it is today and pick a style. In about 20 seconds you get a photorealistic redesign with your walls, windows and light where they really are, so you are looking at your room and not a showroom.
- 12 styles, from Japandi and Scandinavian to Farmhouse and Mid-century
- Drag between before and after
- Each design comes with a cost range for that room
03
Check a contractor's quote
Know if a bid is fair before you sign
Photograph the bid or upload the PDF. The app shows you what it read so you can fix anything it got wrong, then tells you whether the price looks fair, high or low for your area, what the bid leaves out, and what to ask the contractor.
- Photo, camera or PDF
- Fair, high or low against prices in your city
- Your quote is never shared with contractors
04
Ask Reno
A straight answer when something does not add up
Reno is the guide inside the app. Ask one practical question at a time, like whether a 50% deposit is normal or how much to hold back as a reserve, and it answers with real cost ranges and scope, using the numbers from your project.
- Where kitchen budgets usually blow up
- What to ask a contractor before signing
- How long a bathroom remodel really takes
The numbers
Where the ranges come from
In the 64 California and Washington cities of the Renology cost index, the range comes from local remodel prices. Everywhere else in the US, the app starts from a national range and adjusts it for your area with the 2026 Department of Defense construction cost index. The screen always says which one you are looking at.
It is a planning range, not a contractor bid. It narrows as you tell the app more and stops narrowing where a photo and a few answers can no longer be honest about the price.
Before you download
Questions about Renology Home
Do I need an account?
No. You can price a project, redesign a room, check a quote and ask Reno without signing up. An email sign-in only comes up if you want to save a project so it is there next time. Without an account there is a small daily cap on redesigns.
Will contractors call me?
No. The app does not match you with contractors and never asks for your phone number. The photos and quotes you upload are used to run your check or your design and are not shared with contractors.
Which cities does it cover?
Anywhere in the United States. In the 64 California and Washington cities of the Renology cost index, the range comes from local remodel prices. Everywhere else, the app starts from a national range and adjusts it for your area using the 2026 Department of Defense construction cost index, and it tells you which of the two you are looking at. Either way it is a planning range, not a contractor bid.
Is this the Renogy app?
No. Renogy is a solar power company with its own app. Renology Home is the home renovation app from The Renology magazine at therenology.com. The names are one letter apart and the products have nothing to do with each other.
Is there an Android version?
Not yet. Renology Home is on the US App Store for iPhone and iPad (iOS 16.4 or later). On Android or a computer, the room visualizer and the Renovation Cost Index on therenology.com cover part of the same ground in a browser.
Who makes Renology Home?
The Renology, an independent home renovation magazine published by JOYOAI LLC. The App Store lists the developer as Assaf Ichaki, a co-founder of Renology.
Get a number for your own project.
Free on iPhone and iPad. On a computer? Try the room visualizer in your browser.